I'm new to Wordpress so please bear with me. I have created a site with two levels of hierarchy: top level and secondary level. The secondary pages are grouped below corresponding top level pages.

I see that page content is retrieved using page.php. I also see from page.php that the existence of content is tested by have_posts() and retrieved using the_post().

How could I achieve having two different types of content on the the same page: "static" or evergreen page content at the top, and posts sharing the same category underneath? I have Googled this all day and not found a satisfactory answer.

Thanks for responding. When I add your code to my footer, all post types resolve as NULL. Also, I looked at sticky posts. This only applies to the home/front page, no? I would like to have a mixture of static and post content on every page on my site.
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dylanmacOct 15 '12 at 15:03

@dylanmac Fixed the var dump (forgot an underscore). Ad sticky posts, you can include them in every query. Just read the link complete.
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kaiser♦Oct 15 '12 at 15:38